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The Corpus Callosum is an occasional journal of armchair musings, by a suburban, reality-based, slightly-left-of-center guy, who reserves the right to be highly irregular at times. Topics: social commentary, neuroscience, politics, science news. Mission: to develop connections between hard science and social science, using linear thinking and intuition; and to explore the relative merits of spontaneity vs. strategy.
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March 30, 2009
Category: Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine has four open-access articles of the topic of electronic medical records (EMR). One article reports on a survey of the characteristics of EMR in use, and the extent to which they have been adopted...
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March 25, 2009
Category: Medicine
I saw this article in a couple of places before it dawned on me what the implication is: Drinkers' Red Face May Signal Cancer Risk By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Published: March 20, 2009 People whose faces turn red when they drink...
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March 23, 2009
Category: Social Commentary
The New York Times has an editorial written by Evo Morales Ayma, the President of Bolivia. It has nothing to do with globalization, or the ravages of capitalism, or the environmental destruction wrought by multinational corporations, which is what one...
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March 20, 2009
Category: Science in the Media
When I was at work today, I saw a headline that irritated me. I decided I would blog about it when I got home. But now the headline has been changed. I will still blog about it, though. The original...
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March 18, 2009
Category: Medicine
Today's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association contains a study that employed PET scans to determine the effect of modafinil upon dopamine concentration and reuptake in the human central nervous system. They conclude with a caution that...
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March 17, 2009
Category: Armchair Musings
Dr. Richard Friedman, professor of psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, has an article in the New York Times. In it, he claims that reforms in medical residency training may be leaving young doctors "a little more hesitant...
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March 16, 2009
An opinion article (There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression) in the Wall Street Journal contained the following unsupported claim: The sale of antidepressants and antianxiety drugs is widespread. In New York their use became common after 9/11. It...
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March 9, 2009
Category: Psychiatry
(comic from kxcd) This post will discuss some findings about the factors that are correlated to clinical response to clozapine (Clozaril® , FazaClo® ). Clozapine is a drug used to treat psychosis. It usually is used for persons...
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March 5, 2009
Category: Medicine
Obama has made two important appointments, to positions that will influence healthcare policy. The attention so far has been focused on Kathleen Sebelius, who is in line to become Secretary of Health and Human Services, assuming she is confirmed by...
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March 3, 2009
Category: Medicine
At first I was happy to see some good news on the Internet, a refreshing break from the avalanche of bad stuff rolling down every peak. Fewer children have high lead levels Associated Press / March 2, 2009 CHICAGO -...
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